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Cities Hold the Key to a Sustainable Future. Keep Their Role Central at COP29
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Naomi Hoogervorst on Democratization of Design: "Equal Cities Need Equal Voices"
Kenya elected Vice-Chair of the UN-Habitat Executive Board
Urban Thinkers Campus – Transforming cities to be inclusive, equitable, and just through a paradigm shift towards gender equality
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Press Releases

Press releases

Cities and Pandemics: Towards a More Just, Green and Healthy Future Press release - Arabic Monday, 29 March 2021
Cities and Pandemics: Towards a More Just, Green and Healthy Future Press release - English Monday, 29 March 2021
UN-Habitat and the Federal Republic of Germany establish a United Nations ‘Innovation Technology Accelerator for Cities’ (UNITAC Hamburg) at the HafenCity University in Hamburg Thursday, 18 March 2021
Launch of Her City – a digital platform to support girls’ participation in urban planning Wednesday, 10 March 2021
UN-Habitat re-establishes its country presence in Morocco signaling a strengthened partnership on sustainable urbanization Tuesday, 9 March 2021
Groundbreaking Innovate4Cities Conference to explore climate crisis solutions Thursday, 4 March 2021
Voluntary Local Reviews are changing the way we think of SDG localization and the approach to the National Reviews Tuesday, 2 March 2021
Keynote speakers announced for Rural Housing Summit Monday, 15 February 2021

Statements and speeches

Statements and speeches

Statement by the Executive Director of UN-Habitat, Maimunah Mohd Sharif on International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples 2021 Wednesday, 11 August 2021
EGM Towards a New Generation of Voluntary Local Reviews: Connecting VLRs and VNRs - Opening Remarks Tuesday, 3 August 2021
UNEP Science Policy Business Forum Tuesday, 3 August 2021
UN Capital Development Fund, Un-Habitat Fused Offering Workshop: Opening Speech Tuesday, 3 August 2021
Executive Director's speech: Around a City in 8 Questions Tuesday, 3 August 2021
Graduation Ceremony Mayors Academy (Class of 2020-2021): Opening Remarks Tuesday, 3 August 2021
Regional preparatory workshop for African VNRs and VLRs: Opening Remarks Tuesday, 3 August 2021
Executive Director's TPs for World Cities Summit High-level Panel Tuesday, 3 August 2021

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